这一系列由米歇尔·西迪施和斯坦·卜思德制作，共有6集，跟随一群杜兰大学著名的建筑学院的学生们，看看他们为比赛而设计的一套普通人负担得起的住房。这项设计是用于卡特里娜飓风袭击过后的新奥尔良的。这是一场豪赌：获胜模型将于本学年内完成，并且出售。这使得一个新建筑师在事业起步之处就举世瞩目。

At the age of eight, the now 25-year-old director caused an incident, which has remained traumatic as he became older. Although it seemed just a trivial matter, something one might expect from children, he obstinately questions his family, friends and teachers about what happened at that time. Worrying over the thoughts of dishonor he saw in his family’s eyes then, he has fostered a self-hatred over the years. As if reconstructing the past with his camera, he attempts to free himself of this self-hatred, shedding tears for himself at times and opening his own wounds, then healing them. What he has discovered through filmmaking was his once sealed “self.” The question now is, where to go from here?

At the age of eight, the now 25-year-old director caused an incident, which has remained traumatic as he became older. Although it seemed just a trivial matter, something one might expect from children, he obstinately questions his family, friends and teachers about what happened at that time. Worrying over the thoughts of dishonor he saw in his family’s eyes then, he has fostered a self-hatred over the years. As if reconstructing the past with his camera, he attempts to free himself of this self-hatred, shedding tears for himself at times and opening his own wounds, then healing them. What he has discovered through filmmaking was his once sealed “self.” The question now is, where to go from here?

在最低海拔9000英尺的拉达克，教育和设计，传统和现代在天龙白莲花学院交汇。在旧金山的联邦大楼，设计师们设计的没有空调的房子，让2000位政府工作人员水深火热还是冬暖夏凉？在拉丁美洲的波哥大，前市长恩里克·潘纳罗萨用一条道路，降低了这座城市的犯罪率。在纽约的韦斯切斯特，设计师乔纳森·罗斯让经济适用房也可以绿色环保，让伟大在平凡中诞生。在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹，废旧的码头，摇身一变成为绿色建筑，坐享水天一色。在美国的2030挑战中，爱德华·玛斯瑞拉努力打开一个又一个改变的阀门。

在一座远离大城市的乡下小镇，生活这一群单纯可爱的孩子。一年级的男孩正也清秀胆小，与他的身高完全不符。上学的路上必须穿过一片阴暗的树林，这里简直成为他的梦魇。幸亏有秋代存在，让正也有所依靠。秋代是一名正读二年级的女孩子，虽然她个子矮矮，身高还赶不上正也，但是她爽朗外向，真的想大姐姐一样照顾这个怯懦的小弟弟。在一次下学路上，秋代拿着的紫斑风铃草被两个淘气的孩子弄烂。看着她哭泣的样子，正也决定鼓起勇气走入那片他不敢涉足的森林，采到密林深处的紫斑风铃草。 　　这是正也的挑战，也是一次对秋代的考验……

在一座远离大城市的乡下小镇，生活这一群单纯可爱的孩子。一年级的男孩正也清秀胆小，与他的身高完全不符。上学的路上必须穿过一片阴暗的树林，这里简直成为他的梦魇。幸亏有秋代存在，让正也有所依靠。秋代是一名正读二年级的女孩子，虽然她个子矮矮，身高还赶不上正也，但是她爽朗外向，真的想大姐姐一样照顾这个怯懦的小弟弟。在一次下学路上，秋代拿着的紫斑风铃草被两个淘气的孩子弄烂。看着她哭泣的样子，正也决定鼓起勇气走入那片他不敢涉足的森林，采到密林深处的紫斑风铃草。 　　这是正也的挑战，也是一次对秋代的考验……

A six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.

A six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.

工业革命以来，人类的经济和生活水平飞速发展，然而在发展中也对环境造成了巨大的破坏。全球变暖、雾霾四散，经济发展是否必须要以环境为代价呢？新一代的建筑设计师们，显然在寻求人与自然的和谐发展之道。开罗的公园计划为拥挤的城市提供了娱乐空间和就业环境，来自加拿大的乡土建筑师彰显了传统文化与自然的和谐之美，墨尔本的城市复兴计划在都市森林中找寻节能生态的建筑形式。他们都在日益严峻的环境形势下，探索新的经济与自然和谐的发展之道。