到了2050年，全球将要应对额外25亿人的住房需求。
问题是：我们如何「建构」人类的未来？
生产传统的钢筋混凝土消耗大量能源，并排放有害的温室气体，其规模之大，我们已经无法承受。纪录片系列《神奇物料》审视了我们已经拥有的答案：世界各地的研究人员，孜孜不倦开发不仅更加环保，甚至可以「修复」气候变迁的建筑材料；植物和建筑的混合型结构，可以为未来日益炎热的大都市，提供重要的降温功能。
未来的材料源自过去不足为奇，新旧结合，推陈出新，人类建筑的未来令人振奋。

By 2050, another 2.5 billion people are going to require housing. The question is: How will the future of mankind be constructed? Concrete and steel consume vast amounts of energy and produce greenhouse gases on a scale we can no longer afford. This documentary series shows we already have answers: Researchers around the world are developing building materials that are not only significantly more environmentally friendly, but could even be used to "fix" climate change. Hybrid constructions of plants and architecture could provide vital cooling in increasingly hot metropolises of the future. It is not unusual for the materials of the future to come from the past – and are combined with new, exciting technology.