Patrick Michael Keane

Patrick Keane is an architect and designer, and founder and director of Enter Projects Asia, a Bangkok-based design studio. Born in Nairobi, he studied architecture at the University of Western Australia and Princeton University. His work connects place and architecture. Working in over 20 countries, Keane brings architecture, craft and technology together. A pioneer of the plant-based revolution in design, he champions rattan and renewable materials as alternatives to plastics and synthetic finishes. His defining achievement is integrating nine kilometres of rattan into Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, showing how plant-based design can make a space breathe and reimagine conventional construction dominated by plastics, metals and synthetics. He leads Enter Projects Asia from concept and research through engineering, fabrication and production. He values collaboration with clients and makers, believing material choices can bring responsibility and distinctive character int