01 — Overview
Folds closed. Opens into a home.
Butterfly Dwellings is a foldable modular tiny house. The photo sequence below documents a module going from its folded state to a fully finished dwelling: exterior cladding, roof, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, closets and laundry.
02 — Unfolding
From folded module to structure
03 — Exterior
Finished envelope
04 — Interior
Complete living space
05 — Features
What's built in
- Foldable modularWalls and floor fold against the module and open out on site.
- ExteriorLap and panel siding, black trim, glass-panel entry door, wall sconces and a metal roof.
- KitchenRange, over-range microwave, refrigerator, sink and a butcher-block island.
- BathroomTub with shower and tiled surround, toilet and vanity.
- Bedroom & storageCeiling fan, wardrobe and a walk-in closet.
- LaundryStacked washer and dryer closet.
06 — Shipped
Shipped: Jackson, Mississippi → Austin, Texas
Folded at the shop in Jackson, trailered to Austin, unfolded on site with an excavator, and finished beside a two-story house.
Folded module on a trailer at the shop in Jackson, MS 
On the road 
Arrived on site in Austin, TX 
Excavator unfolding the module on site 
Finished, beside the two-story house
07 — Home Compute Lab
Home Compute Lab
A Dell PowerEdge T620 tower server with an NVIDIA Tesla P40 GPU, used to run local AI: video generation with ComfyUI and LTX-Video.
08 — DC Solar & Battery Storage
DC Solar & Battery Storage
A rooftop solar array on a metal roof feeding an ExpertPower 6.5KW hybrid solar inverter (48V) through a combiner box, with a wired battery rack and a DC busbar.
