Matthew Behler Summer 2025 Portfolio

B. Architecture C_ABE Thomas Jefferson University

portfolio

MJB 2025

Matthew J. Behler 3RD YEAR ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

SKILLS AutoCad Model Making Hand Drafting Rhinoceros Adobe Illustrator

EXPERIENCE Intern Architect Martina Bacarella Architect (May 2024 - Aug 2024) Contributed to several of the firm’s ongoing projects. Responsibilities included AutoCAD drafting, Rhino modeling, conducting research, participating in site visits, and preparing an application for the National Register of Historic Places.

Fitness Manager / Attendant Gallagher Athletic Center (Jan 2023 - Pres) Contribute to maintaining a clean and welcoming fitness environment. Since January 2025, served as a manager, providing support to team members and utilizing design skills to enhance the fitness center's aesthetic and functionality.

Revit Adobe Photoshop Excel Writing

AWARDS Dean’s List Thomas Jefferson University (Fall 2022 - Pres)

Tau Sigma Delta Thomas Jefferson University (Spring 2025- Pres)

Research

(570)-780-7103

3D Printing

mattbehler22@gmail.com

Wood-Working

www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-behler

Photography

Billy Harris Scholarship Gallagher Athletic Center (January 2025)

Luzerne Foundation Scholarship NEPA AIA (Nov. 2023 & Nov. 2024)

Contents 2022 - 2025

Hadaway House East Section

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Northeast Médiathèque

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Valley Youth House

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Hardanger Retreat

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Passivhaus Wall Section

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Mission Style Table

01 Northeast Médiathèque Design 6 Spring 2025

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Northeast Philadelphia is a region of Philadelphia divided into two sectors, separated by class. This multimedia library focuses on career development skills to alleviate the divide of the Northeast. The building itself opens itself to each side of the Northeast, to reinforce this space as a unifying connector. The facade, a series of perforated bricks, opens and closes depending on public and private spaces of the interior.

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Castor Gardens, NE Philadelphia

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Site & Basement

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Upper Level Plan

Entry Render

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Basement Level Plan

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Coping 6” Batt Insulation 1/2” Plywood Sheating 4” Rigid Board Insulation 1/2” Plywood Sheathing 1” Air Gap

30’ - 0” Roof T.O.S.

6” Rigid Board Insulation Concrete Slab Steel I-Beam

28’ - 0” Second Floor T.O.C.

RT 553 GREENER Bricks

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Metal Decking

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Steel I-Beam 16’ - 0” Second Floor T.O.S. See Detail 2

1/2” Plywood Sheating

14’ - 0” First Floor T.O.C. 5/8” Gypsum Board

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Model Photo Isometric 2 Detail A - Section Scale: 3” = 1’

Triple Paned Glass 8” Structural Mullion

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Sidewalk RT 553 GREENER Bricks

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Basement Floor T.O.C. Concrete Retaining Wall

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Sectional Model Wall Section 1 Perforated Screen Wall Section Scale: 1/2” = 1’

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Valley Youth House is a non-profit organization that provides housing, education, and counseling services to homeless youth from the ages of 18 - 24.

This center seeks to provide these three services in one moment with adjacanices that ensure comfort and security to the temporary residents. Clad in corten steel, this building is inspired by the works of Richard Serra, using curvature to emphasize the push and pull of public and private spaces.

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RESTROOM 1

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MECHANICAL

CAFETERIA BLE HEIGHT SPACE DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE

MECHANICAL LOUNGE

EXTERIOR LOUNGE TERRACE

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Third Floor Plan

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CAFETERIA DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE

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Fourth Floor Plan

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03 Hardanger Retreat Visualization 3 Fall 2023 Ricketts Glen, PA The Hardanger Retreat, an existing cabin built in 2003, has elements of circulation through it’s large exterior space. I placed this cabin in Ricketts Glen State Park, a heavily wooded area with lots of rivers.

To emphasize it’s circulation elements, I chose to place the cabin between a river, allowing the cabin itself to “stretch the stream.”

Both Renders are taken at 7 AM, as to show the natural filter sunlight through the trees of Ricketts Glen State Park, and to emphasize the beauty of the wooden materiality of this cabin.

Ricketts Glen Sketch Site Map

Interior Render - 7 AM

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HARDANGER RETREAT RICKETTS GLEN STATE PARK - BENTON, 23 PA

04 In accordance with the priciples of a Passive House, this wall section retains elements that ensure the reduction of waste and needless energy usage. Not only is it focused on multiple levels of insulation, but also minimizing the amount of thermal bridging. Passive building is a better way to reduce energy usage, carbon emissions, and general waste.

This project was not only my introduction to drafting wall sections, but also methods of sustainability. I attribute the beginning of my interest in minoring in sustainable design to this project.

Passivhaus Section Matt Behler Todd Rubio Tech 2 Project 2

ROOF Roofing Membrane | R = 0.33 1/2” Plywood Sheathing | R = 1.25 8” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 12” Batt Insulation | R = 3.5 1/2” Plywood Sheathing | R = 1.25

Total R Value: 83.575

WALL 1.5” VM Zinc Panels | R = 8.62 1/2" Air Gap 2” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 1/2” Plywood Sheathing | R = 1.25 1” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 1/2” Plywood Sheathing | R = 1.25 6” Batt Insulation | R = 3.5 Window Track Window Jamb Flashing 1/2” Plywood Sheathing | R = 1.25 4” Polyurethane Spray Foam | R = 6.5 Vapor Barrier 5/8” Gypsum Board | R = .9 Total R Value: 76.18

FLOOR & FOUNDATION Tongue and Groove Flooring 2” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 1” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 2.5” Rigid Polystyrene Panel | R = 5 10” Concrete Footer | R = 1 Total R Value: 37.5

05 This custom mission style coffee table was my first ever design project. During my senior year of high school, I designed, drafted, and built this with assistance from my teacher at the time. I wanted to construct a project that would not only last for a very long time, but also challenge myself and explore forms of woodworking without the use of screws, nails, etc.

The orthographics allowed me to understand the joints I needed to create - and also was the first axonometric drawing I ever created.

The table is composed of mainly oak wood, with a subtle cherry trim on the top.

Mission Style Table

Thank you.