Turn 1 · Structural wireframes

Three organising ideas for PACE

Each direction answers the same seven questions with a different spine. Structure only — five desktop screens and one on-site mobile screen per direction, with what it optimises for and what it gives up. Labels are English, in boxes sized with roughly 40% German expansion headroom.

1a · Timeline First 1b · Evidence Desk 1c · Site Board
1A

Timeline First

Organising idea: one continuous time axis for the whole account. Projects, cameras, activity and schedules are all lanes drawn against it. You never “go to” a camera — you narrow the axis and the lanes resolve into imagery.

Optimises for
Finding when something changed across a multi-year archive, and keeping several sites in peripheral vision. Time is never more than one gesture away, and the same axis is reused for capture, activity and schedule.
Trades away
Legibility for the occasional user — the axis is a learned instrument. Administration sits awkwardly on a time spine, and a phone has little room for a ruler.
A1Portfolio — every camera as a laneJob 1 · orientation and health roll-up
PACE Search projects, cameras, dates
EN / DE 2 exports running
Master axis
All time 12 months 30 days 7 days
AUG 25OCTDECFEB 26APRJUNJUL 26
Project / cameraCapture density · detected activityLatest
−Hafencity Tower4 cams
14 min ago
North Crane Cam
Lobby Timecam
South Gate CamBattery 9%
No capture since 27 Jul
Stale
+Elbe Bridge Widening7 cams
3 min ago
+Messe Fit-out, Hall 42 camsObserver
1 h ago
Archived projects (12)·Pinned first·Ticks on a lane are detected activity — click one to open that frame
A2One moment — the axis stays on screenJob 2 · inspect progress
Hafencity Tower/North Crane CamEditor
ShareDownloadAdd to report
Single
Compare
Lapse
All cams
Context
Capture — 29 Jul 2026, 14:05
This frame
29 Jul 2026 · 14:05:03 CEST
IMG_0289471 · f/8 1/500 ISO100
CameraCapturing
Battery82%
Full telemetry →
Fit Fill
← →
Same time yesterday −1 week −1 month First capture Jump to date…
← → step · ⇧← day · C compare · ? help
Time axis — 28,412 captures since Aug 2025Zoom: month · day · hour
29 JUL 14:05 gap 3 d
AUG 25NOVFEB 26MAYJUL 26
A3Compare — two playheads, one axisJob 2 · has it changed, and how much
A — 14 Mar 2026pinned
SWIPESPLITFADE
B — 29 Jul 2026follows playhead
Interval 137 days · 4,102 captures between Play the interval as a lapseExport pair with timestamps
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B
AUG 25NOVFEB 26MAYJUL 26
A4Evidence — brush a range, read what happenedJobs 3 & 4 · validate, then hand over
Range 12–19 Jun 2026 North Crane Cam · 1,204 captures · no gaps Change range
Detected activity — one row per type (new capability)
Vehicle arrivals
12
People on site
31
Work stoppage
1
Weather — heavy rain
2
Notable change
1
Selected — 16 Jun, work stoppageconfidence: high
06:15 — crew present
09:40 — site clear
16:00 — still clear
Report in progress
Everything added from any view lands here. Send as a link that needs no login, or a PDF.
Stoppage, 16 Jun — 3 frames
Compare 14 Mar / 29 Jul
Lapse 12–19 Jun — building
Drop a frame, a comparison or a note here
Recipient sees
Camera, project, timestamps in site local time
Capture completeness for the range
Who assembled it, and when
Publish report Save as recurring weekly report
A5Schedule — the axis, edited
Device: North Crane Cam Project: Hafencity Tower My account Three scopes, never mixed
Capture rules across a day
06:00–18:00 · every 10 min
hourly
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Effect of this change
~1,730 fewer captures per month. Storage estimate 41 days → 96 days. Takes effect at the next contact (last seen 14 min ago).
Apply scheduleDiscard
Operational log — device health, not scene activity
29 Jul 13:02Contact — battery 82%, 4G, −71 dBm
26 Jul 04:40Firmware 4.2.1 applied
21 Jul 22:10Missed 3 captures — no network
Report a faultAdvanced camera settingsDelete imagery — Supervisor only
A6On site, one-handed
North Crane CamSwitch
29 Jul · 14:05Capturing · 82%
Drag the axis with your thumb
Yesterday Last week Pick a date Compare
Add to report
48px minimum targets, no hover states, timestamp always visible over the frame.
1B

Evidence Desk

Organising idea: the unit of work is a question, not a camera. Everything starts as an open question or a recurring report; the viewer is a tool you reach for from inside one, and every frame you look at can be attached with one action. Nothing is ever found twice.

Optimises for
Validating claims and handing evidence to people who will never log in. Recurring owner reporting becomes a standing object rather than a monthly scramble. Provenance is structural, so output reads as credible.
Trades away
The casual look. “Just show me the site right now” needs a shortcut past the case model, and users who never assemble anything carry the concept for no gain.
B1Desk — open questions, then sitesJobs 1 & 4
PACEDeskSitesCamerasSettings
EN / DE
Open questionsAsk a new question
Did the steel delivery arrive on 16 June?
Hafencity Tower · South Gate Cam · opened by you 2 days ago
4 frames1 comparisonNot yet sent
Resume
Was work stopped by weather, 12–19 June?
Hafencity Tower · North Crane Cam · shared with 2 people
7 framesLink opened 4×
Open
Recurring reports
Owner progress — Hafencity, weekly Mondaynext in 3 daysPreview
Monthly lapse — Elbe Bridgegenerating, 8 min leftNotify me
Your sites3 active · 12 archived
1 camera needs attention
South Gate Cam — battery 9%, no capture in 2 days. Diagnose
Hafencity Tower4 cams
Elbe Bridge Widening7 cams
Messe Fit-out, Hall 4Observer
B2A question, being answeredJob 3 · the workspace
Question · Hafencity Tower
Did the steel delivery arrive on 16 June?
Look at imagerySearch detected activityAdd a noteSend answer
Findings, in the order they happened
16 Jun, 07:12 — gate empty
South Gate Cam · IMG_0281044 · verified timestamp
Delivery was scheduled for 07:00. Nothing at the gate.
16 Jun, 15:48 — truck at gate
Detected: vehicle arrival · confidence high
Arrived 8 h 48 min late. Unloading completes 17:20.
Anything you look at can be dropped here — a frame, a comparison, a lapse, a range summary
Answer
The delivery did arrive on 16 June, but at 15:48 rather than the scheduled 07:00 — a delay of 8 h 48 min. The gate is unobstructed in every capture before that.
Drafted from your findings — edit freely
Completeness
Captures on 16 Jun144 of 144
Gaps in the windownone
Clock sourcenetwork, site local
Shown to the recipient too. A gap here is stated, never hidden.
Send as
Link — no login neededPDF for the fileBoth, to a distribution list
B3Viewer, opened from the question
← Back to question
SingleCompareLapseWall
16 Jun 2026 · 15:48 + Attach to question
that day, 144 captures
16 Jun 2026 Day − Day + Time lives on the day, not a global ruler
B4What the recipient opens
PACE RECORDNo account needed
Steel delivery, 16 June 2026
Hafencity Tower · South Gate Cam
Assembled by M. Keller, 18 Jun 2026
Arrived 15:48 instead of the scheduled 07:00 — 8 h 48 min late. Gate unobstructed in all 144 captures beforehand.
07:12 — gate empty
15:48 — truck at gate
Provenance
Captures in window144 of 144, no gaps
Timestampsnetwork clock, CEST
Images unmodifiedoriginals available
Download full recordSee all 144 captures
B5Administration — three scopes kept apart
Project — Hafencity Tower
Devices
My account
Changing a person’s role changes it on this project only. Their access elsewhere is untouched.
PersonRole hereCan viewCompare & shareEdit scheduleCamera settings
M. Keller (you)Supervisor••••
A. BrandtEditor•••—
Owner rep. (Vogt AG)Observer•———
Invite to this projectArchive project
Before you continue
Removing A. Brandt revokes 3 report links they created. This cannot be undone. Type the project name to confirm.
B6On site — capture into a question
Desk
South Gate Cam
Battery 9%. No capture in 2 days.
Open questions
Did the steel delivery arrive on 16 June?
4 frames · not yet sent
Was work stopped by weather?
shared with 2 people
Ask a new question
Live viewsSites
The shortcut out of the case model: “Live views” goes straight to latest frames.
1C

Site Board

Organising idea: the product is a board of physical devices watching physical places. One flat board of every camera you can see, health on the face of each card, and a single drill-down: board → camera → day → moment. Time is a calendar, because that is how site people talk about it.

Optimises for
Immediate legibility and the one-handed check. Zero learning curve, identical on phone and desktop, and camera health is impossible to miss because it is on the card you already look at. Best for the occasional user.
Trades away
Power. Answering “when did this change?” across two years means paging through months. Evidence assembly is a mode you enter, not the spine, and a large customer’s board gets long.
C1The board — every camera you can seeJob 1 · health on the card face
PACEFilter cameras
AllNeeds attention (1)PinnedEN / DE
Hafencity Tower4 cameras · active since Aug 2025 · you are Supervisor
14 min ago
North Crane Cam
Capturing
14 min ago
Lobby Timecam
Capturing
Last frame 2 days old
South Gate Cam
Battery 9% · not capturing
Someone must attend
22 min ago
West Facade Cam
Capturing · storage 41 d
Messe Fit-out, Hall 4Observer — view only
Hall 4 East
1 h ago
Hall 4 Mezzanine
1 h ago
Adding a camera needs Supervisor
C2A camera — the frame, with telemetry in one placeJobs 2 & 5 · density with hierarchy
← BoardNorth Crane CamHafencity Tower
LatestBy dayCompareTimelapse
29 Jul 2026 · 14:05 CESTIMG_0289471 · f/8 1/500 ISO100
← → Share this frame Download Make a report
Status
Capturing normally
Last contact 14 min ago
Battery
82%
Storage left
41 days
Two numbers, because those are the two that make someone drive out. Everything else is one tap away and stays quiet.
All telemetry & diagnostics+
Capture schedule+
Operational log+
Camera settings — Supervisor+
C3Time as a calendar
June 2026
←→Jump to…
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Hatched = captures existEmpty = no capturesdetected activity
16 June — 144 captures
MorningMiddayAfternoonEvening
C4Fleet health — the exception list
Only cameras that deviate appear at the top. “Fine” is a count, not a list — 12 healthy cameras take one line.
South Gate Cam — attend on site
Battery 9% (11.1 V) · no contact since 27 Jul 08:14 · 2 days of captures missed
Last known: 4G, −104 dBm, internal 41 °C
Report a faultFull diagnostics
West Facade Cam — watch
Storage 41 days remaining at the current schedule
12 cameras capturing normallyShow all →
Long-running jobs
Timelapse — Elbe Bridge, Jan–Jul8 min left
Bulk export — 4,102 imagesready · download
Start one and leave — it turns up here and in email when it finishes.
C5Report mode — entered, then left
Progress reportStep 2 of 3
1 · Range2 · What to include3 · Send
Before / after pair — 12 and 19 June
Timelapse of the range (generates after sending)
Detected activity summary (new)
Daily log, one frame per morning
Capture completeness statement
ContinueSave and repeat weekly
C6The board, one-handed
CamerasFilter
South Gate Cam
Battery 9% · not capturing
2 days of gaps
29 Jul 14:05
North Crane Cam
Capturing · 82% · 41 d storage
By dayCompare
Same cards as desktop, one column. Nothing depends on hover; the status sentence is always spelled out.