Corso di Porta Ticinese is the axis linking the Colonne di San Lorenzo to the Darsena, running through one of Milan's oldest districts.

Since the 1990s the street has been the centre of Milanese streetwear culture, home to independent shops, skate shops and bars. In this context, at number 105, stands the city's first Carhartt WIP store, identified internally as Milano 01.

Carhartt WIP (Work In Progress) is the European division, active since 1989, which adapts for an urban audience the workwear of the American company Carhartt, founded in Detroit in 1889. The architectural identity of its stores across Europe and Asia has been overseen for over fifteen years by the Milanese architect Andrea Caputo.

The current layout dates back to Studio Andrea Caputo's 2015 project, when the space was entirely redesigned and reopened on 5 March under the name "TCNS", a contraction of Ticinese, following the American streetwear practice of abbreviating place names.

The store covers approximately 100 square metres; in November 2023 an extension designed by Caputo with Salomée Faeh was added.

The intervention aims to dissolve the separation between the street and the interior.

The façade is resolved with a single large window marked by a zinc door, and the design of the walls reinforces the spatial continuity between inside and outside. The materials blend an industrial register with designer references: Chilean pine flooring, a marble cash counter, neon lighting designed by the artist Pietro Sanguineti, and seating by Piet Hein Eek.

It is one of the most accomplished examples of Caputo's method for Carhartt WIP an essential commercial architecture, rooted in the character of the neighbourhood, where the store functions as a covered extension of the street.