As head of MVRDV NEXT, Sanne van der Burgh leads MVRDV’s research and development and climate teams. Sanne’s fascination for computational workflows and methodologies led her to create MVRDV NEXT, an in-house research and development group that focuses on the creation and implementation of cutting-edge technologies in MVRDV’s projects. MVRDV’s Climate Team became part of MVRDV NEXT in 2022, reflecting a goal to make MVRDV’s sustainability strategy more innovative and data-informed. With the climate team, Sanne works to reduce the impact of the built environment on our planet through research, developing software such as CarbonSpace, and collaborates with designers both inside and outside MVRDV to reduce the CO2 emissions caused by their designs. In 2019, Architizer named Sanne as one of 25 young architects to watch, and in 2021, she received a Female Frontier Award in the category “Innovation in Architecture”.