Park Shelters and Toilet Building at Maniana Park
- Client
- City of Canning
- Architect
- Josh Byrne & Associates
- Contractor
- Phase 3 Landscape Construction
- State
- WA
- Product
- Skillion Shelter, Double Skillion Shelter
- Year
- November 2025
Maniana Park Redevelopment: Efficiently Delivering Stylish Community Hub Shelters at Scale
As part of a massive, $7.14 million redevelopment of the old Queens Park Open Space into a vibrant recreational community hub, The City of Canning commissioned Exteria to manufacture and install 10 Skillion Park Shelters and a custom 5-cubicle toilet building for the project.
A Precinct-Scale Community Destination
Maniana Park isn’t just a local reserve. It’s a new community hub that ties the Sam Kerr Football Centre with the Maniana Conservation Reserve and a cluster of recreational facilities.
The area’s $7.14M transformation from Queens Park Open Space into a vibrant community park includes a large adventure playground designed for children of all ages and abilities, a BMX pump track, upgraded cricket nets, a full-sized oval for cricket, football and soccer, and improved sports club facilities.
When the City of Canning and architect Josh Byrne & Associates mapped out their vision for redevelopment they also commissioned Exteria to supply 10 park shelters for the precinct.
What the Project Needed
Modern public park infrastructure must be high quality and robust. It must be able to handle large weekend crowds, weekday outings, and everything in between, while remaining capable of weathering the elements with minimal maintenance. And it must look good.
So, for Maniana Park, this was our brief: real shade across multiple activity zones, long-term durability with minimal maintenance, and shelters that tied into a design palette inspired by the local firewood banksia. With 10 high-quality, robust shelters required across a single precinct, installation efficiency and consistency in finish was just as important as the shelters themselves.
The four larger shelters feature integrated front louvre panels crafted from extruded aluminium (100×50 RHS), powdercoated to match. Louvres add visual depth and break up the roofline. They also give extra protection from low-angle sun, wind and rain without impairing airflow or sightlines. The result is a suite of shelters that truly feel custom-tailored for the precinct, not merely picked off the shelf for cost or convenience.
Our Solution
We supplied six 4×4m and four 4×7m Skillion Double Park Shelters, selecting them their clean lines, generous shade coverage, and proven performance in high-traffic public spaces. Built around fully welded, hot-dip galvanised steel frames, each shelter is finished in powdercoat Jasper to complement the park’s warm, Banksia-inspired colour scheme of pinks, yellows, and oranges. The skillion roofs are clad in Surfmist Colorbond Custom Orb that’s tough enough to endure years of exposure to WA’s sun and seasonal rain.
Delivery and Installation
Supplying 10 shelters to a live redevelopment requires tight coordination. Working alongside Phase 3 Landscape Construction, we streamlined the process with HIAB delivery and surface-mount fixing, keeping install times down and site disruption to a minimum.
Manufacturing the shelters offsite and delivering elements in palletised form meant Phase 3 could erect each structure efficiently, aligning with the broader construction program.
But, because of our conscious design choices they’re more than just shade structures, they provide a consistent visual thread that bring the park’s various zones together.
“Seeing Maniana Park so well used is incredibly rewarding,” the Senior Landscape Architect for City of Canning, Michael Carding. “It has become a place the community clearly values and enjoys.”
Alongside the 10 shelters, we also supplied a custom Yarra 5 toilet building for the precinct – a five-cubicle layout with ambulant, accessible and standard suites, fully compliant with AS 1428.1.
Each cubicle is individually accessed from the outside rather than via a shared internal corridor. It’s a small design decision with a big impact in family parks: parents can take young children of any gender into any cubicle without navigating gendered facilities, and groups can use the building simultaneously without bottlenecks.
Construction matches the shelters – hot-dip galvanised steel frame, Surfmist Custom Orb roof, and Jasper powdercoat trims – with vertical Modwood composite battens in Jarrah for a warm, timber-look finish that won’t weather, split or need maintenance over the building’s life. The warm Jarrah tones and matching Jasper trims pull the building into the wider precinct palette, sitting comfortably alongside the shelters, the timber-clad playground equipment, and the surrounding planting rather than standing apart from them.
The Result
Since opening in October 2025, Maniana Park has established itself as a go-to destination. The 10 Exteria shelters anchor key gathering points across the precinct – from the adventure playground and BMX pump track to the upgraded sports facilities and conservation areas – while the 5-cubicle amenity building keeps families comfortable for longer visits.
Building Public Spaces That Last
Major community projects demand partners who can deliver at scale without cutting corners. If you’re planning a precinct upgrade, park redevelopment, or multi-zone public space, why not talk to Exteria about how our shelter and street furniture range can support your design vision, construction timeline, and long-term asset goals? Reach out here
